IRLS663 - Islam
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This course will enable students to put the contemporary Islamist challenge to the West into historical, political, and cultural context and to understand Islam and the Islamic world more broadly. It does not focus on Islamism specifically, but does include it. The breadth of the course content reflects the inconsistent and uncertain usage of the term Islam. Strictly defined, Islam refers only to the religion founded by Muhammad. It is not a political, ethnic, geographic or cultural term any more (or less) than Christianity is. The central theme of the course will be to address the question of whether the relationship of theology to polity within Islamic societies is unique to that religious tradition.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 09/26/11 - 02/26/12 |
03/05/12 - 04/29/12 |
Winter 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 10/31/11 - 03/25/12 |
04/02/12 - 05/27/12 |
Spring 2012 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 11/28/11 - 04/29/12 |
05/07/12 - 07/01/12 |
Spring 2012 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 01/30/12 - 06/24/12 |
07/02/12 - 08/26/12 |
Summer 2012 Session B - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Crisis of Islam : Holy War and Unholy Terror-E-book available in the APUS Online Library to be used while awaiting text
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| ISBN: |
0812967852
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| Publication Info: |
Random House, Inc.
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| Author: |
Lewis, Bernard
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| Unit Cost: |
$15.00
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| Book Title: |
Formation of Islam : Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800-E-book available in the APUS Online Library to be used while awaiting text
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| ISBN: |
0521588138
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| Publication Info: |
Cambridge University Press
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| Author: |
Berkey, Jonathan P.
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| Unit Cost: |
$35.00
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| Book Title: |
Sacred Space and Holy War-E-book available in the APUS Online Library to be used while awaiting text
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| ISBN: |
1860647367
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| Publication Info: |
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
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| Author: |
Cole, Jual
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| Unit Cost: |
$30.00
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